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***Official*** New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa 2016
- Thread starter Kippax
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Shane Warne decided he needed him for his pace and bounce
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Haha this is so Shane Warne I don't evenShane Warne decided he needed him for his pace and bounce
Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
What a tit, i'd expect nothing less from a guy who can't swim.Shane Warne decided he needed him for his pace and bounce
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah exactly..and the commentators were saying 'he had to play' about the Guptill delivery. They're kinda right because there are very few batsmen who will be as good as KW in a given point in time.
Meridio
International Regular
I mean, that ball from Steyn has moved a long, long way. If you're a batsman of international calibre, you just should not be hitting that. See the ball, play it late, and if it moves away don't push your hands at it. Think we'll be seeing Jeet Raval in India.
Also, what we really don't need now is a broken finger for KW.
Also, what we really don't need now is a broken finger for KW.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Wouldn't it be funny if NZ's best batsman got a broken finger, just before a tour to India? Oh well, he's going on anyway...
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Yup. Guptill fundamentally cannot play the ball late. He never has done, and never will.
If he's ever selected again there's something seriously wrong.
Flem274*
123/5
there is. has been since wright and edgar retired.
new zealand never have two test standard openers.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
We should quite literally try every other domestic opener before Guptill. Old, young, doesn't matter.
Todd Astle I reckon (5).
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
They couldn't have dropped him after Zimbabwe, which is why I would've picked Raval in Zim...Guptill averages 9.28 in SA after 4 matches.. Our selectors
They're conservative which is fine so long as it's consistent. But Guptill's career is pretty outrageous.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
The week of the first test, whenever I expressed my excitement about the return of Dale Steyn to someone, I would get reactions ranging from "oh he's finished" "oh he's kinda overrated" "he's still playing? I thought he had retired" to just mehh. This is for someone who has been the the clear number 1 bowler consistently for an extended period of time, after not having played for a few months due to injury.
